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JAY AND THE AMERICANS – Wax Museum – (United Artists) – 1970
I am going to use a lot of shorthand here and copy what I said back in "What Frank is Listening to #77" and elsewhere in relation to the magnificent Jay & The Americans album "Try Some of This": A … Continue reading
ROD McKUEN – New Ballads – (Warner Brothers) – 1970
Rod McKuen is an acquired taste. His detractors would say he is pretentiously poetic, maudlinly romantic, ponderously repetitious, slightly narcisstic, boringly middle aged, full of middlebrow banality and with a voice somewhere just below Bob Dylan on the dulcet tone … Continue reading
JOHN SEBASTIAN – John B. Sebastian – (MGM) – 1970
I, like may of my generation, know Sebastian through the wonderfully evocative theme song to the hugely popular and yet misunderstood sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter" (one of the best of the 70s). It was only later that I found … Continue reading
MARK LINDSAY – Silver Bird – (CBS) – 1970
what Frank is listening to #71 – MARK LINDSAY – Silver Bird – (CBS) – 1970 I've had this album floating around in the "maybe" pile since the 80s. I bought it initially, probably, because Lindsay was the lead singer of … Continue reading
ZAGER & EVANS – Self Titled – (RCA) – 1970
what Frank is listening to #64 – ZAGER & EVANS – Self Titled – (RCA) – 1970 Mention their names and the only thing that normally springs to mind is "In the Year 2525" the magnificent apocalyptic song that hit … Continue reading
THE ILLUSION – If It’s So – (Steed) – 1970
what Frank is listening to #36 – THE ILLUSION – If it's So – (Steed) – 1970 I knew who "The Illusion" were. Years ago I picked up their first album …and I still have it. I haven't listened to … Continue reading
DON FARDON – Released – (Youngblood) – 1970
what Frank is listening to #16 – DON FARDON – Released – (Youngblood) – 1970 One of the English 60s bands I really got into, way back when, was "The Sorrows". When I say "I really got into" I mean … Continue reading
CHRISTIE – Self Titled LP – (Pronit) – 1970
what Frank is listening to #14 – CHRISTIE – Self Titled LP – (Pronit) – 1970 Surprisingly Christie had a #1 hit in the UK in 1970 and then disappeared . I had not heard the hit track before. … Continue reading
SEATRAIN – Self Titled – (Capitol) – 1970
what Frank is listening to #13 – SEATRAIN – Self Titled – (Capitol) – 1970 I didn't know what to make of this when I found it . I liked the cover, where the band look a less hairy … Continue reading
